Overview

• Speaking at Russian Energy Week in Moscow, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said Hungary will not abandon Russian energy supplies.
• He argued the country cannot be supplied if Russian gas is cut off because existing infrastructure cannot carry enough volume.
• Budapest cites long-term contracts with Gazprom and says Russian deliveries have been reliable based on past performance.
• Alternative routes such as Turkish gas, Azeri supplies, LNG via Croatia, and contracts with Engie and Shell remain insufficient to replace Turkish Stream and the Druzhba pipeline.
• Szijjarto warned that forcing a switch would drive Hungary’s currently low gas prices sharply higher, and he criticized Brussels’ call to cut one of two pipelines as illogical.